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Houseboat   1958         N/R, 110 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance Director: Melville Shavelson   Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton, Mimi Gibson, John Litel, Mary Forbes, Madge Kennedy, Charles Herbert, Werner Klemperer, Paul Petersen, Brooks Benedict, Susan Cabot   After Tom Winston's (Cary Grant) estranged wife is killed in an accident, Tom reunites with his children—Elizabeth (Mimi Gibson), David (Paul Petersen), and Robert (Charles Herbert). But, the children are not happy to be living with Tom in his small Washington, D.C. apartment. Tom prepares to move to a large house, but plans fall through, and they move onto a rundown houseboat on the Potomac River. Cinzia (Sophia Loren) signs on as the children's governess, and she helps Tom understand the meaning of love when romance blooms between Tom and Cinzia, and the children will now enjoy a happy family life. Cast Cary Grant Tom Winters Sophia Loren Cinzia Zaccardi Martha Hyer Carolyn Gibson Harry Guardino Angelo Donatello Eduardo Ciannelli Arturo Zaccardi Murray Hamilton Capt. Alan Wilson Mimi Gibson Elizabeth Winters John Litel Mr. William Farnsworth Mary Forbes Society Woman Madge Kennedy Mrs. Farnsworth Charles Herbert Robert Winters Werner Klemperer Harold Messner Paul Petersen David Winters Brooks Benedict Pitchman Susan Cabot Mrs. Eleanor Wilson